We've gone to this bar for years and I've always liked it. Â It seems there's usually all ages there from college age, to middle age, to older which is something I like about it. Â The service is really good and the food is great at very reasonable prices. Â They offer excellent specials. Â It's not just a bar but a restaurant and the kids can be in there as well and our kids have always liked the food too. Â Definitely would recommend!
Review Source:What a fun place! Being in Spokane on business, I naturally had to seek out Jack & Dan's as loyal Utah Jazz fan. The sports programs in Salt Lake have done features on this place, and I always wanted to see what it was actually like.
The menu was great, and when I asked the server what she would recommend the beer battered shrimp or the fish & chips, she just had the cooks combine them into one plate and was really attentive to me while I ate making sure I had everything that I needed and that I never saw an empty glass on the table...refills aplenty!
The atmosphere is fun, TVs on the walls at every turn...friendly patrons who heard me mention I was from Utah and a Jazz fan came over and started a conversation. The service was great, and the food was awesome.
If my business ever requires me to come back to Spokane, I'd visit this place again without question. Overall experience was excellent, and I'd recommend Jack & Dan's as a place to get good food, or grab some friends and sit at the bar from some drinks and conversation.
The Gonzaga kid's choice dispensary, especially for the Blue Moon pitcher special on Thursdays. Â
Basically, the atmosphere is blah (2 stars), drink options are basic (3 stars), too many undergrads (0 stars), but all of your friends come here so you better get your ass here too. Â I've met people I wouldn't have run into otherwise from school and cemented good friendships here, so I guess it isn't too bad, right?
They have their own parking lot otherwise residential parking nearby isn't tough at all.
5 stars for the memories. (GO ZAGS!)
3 stars because it's a small, college town, college dive bar.
I went after graduating with  my masters program classmates to celebrate our empty diploma holders. They have some cheap beers and some microbrews (and when you have a Canadian at the table you know it's decent when they are serving up Kokanee on tap!) It's a horseshoe shaped place with a bar in the middle. Two entrances (one in the rear and one in the front) with a parking lot on the side. It's walking distance to GU and clearly that is the crowd they cater to.
The night we were there we got there before the line around the corner showed up. However, as we left at 1:15am, students were still sticking it out for last call outside in line, in the rain. That's some dedication to a clearly A-OK bar!
Ho-hum borderline dive bar. It's popular because 1) it's close to GU, and sheltered white college kids love to get hammered on loans/dad's money, 2) GU basketball does well in its crappy conference, so it's always packed on game nights, 3) one of the owners is John Stockton's dad, which gets it mentioned in various "best sports bar" rankings.
It's a mediocre bar with often surly service in one of the more disgusting areas of Spokane. Parking is awful and, unless you're a GU student living on campus or a homeless person, it's not convenient for walking.
The thing I dislike most about this place is their "game night menu." The prices are all the same, they just have fewer items. I couldn't even get a basket of onion rings when I made the mistake of stopping by Jack and Dan's before a GU basketball game.
Unless you're a big GU basketball fan and love hanging out with other GU basketball fans, I'd advise that you not bother with Jack and Dan's. Plenty of other decent bars in Spokane with better food, beer, service, location, and prices.
I rang in 2010 at this bar and it was fine. Â The guys were toothless and the girls didn't stand there hating on each other. Â Everyone just kept to themselves and had nice, clean fun. Â
I love their buffalo wings and their "Get Ed Naked" drink that apparently has a lot of alcohol in it. Â I couldn't taste a drop but I pretty much felt like death the next day.
I want to write bad about this place, I really do, but I've got some fond memories of the place prior to their renovation.
Selling hot dogs to people out in front of the bar and getting free beer from the bartenders.
Sneaking into the bar through the back door and then hanging out in what seemed like a cavern.
Running into the old crusty drunks whenever you came into the bar during the afternoon. They were not very happy people, but I guess you couldn't be if you were drinking that early.
Drinking for free after the bar closed because the Mike Wall was closing the bar down that night.
I guess I could go on and on about the good times I had there, but there are the bad times too. They kicked the hot dog stand out from their location because they now had a "restaurant", drinks were a little more expensive then the Star or the Bulldog, and it got stupid busy most weekend nights. Why has there not been another bar that's opened up around GU, is there a moratorium on building another one (like 3 bars within a mile radius of a Catholic school is all it can take)?
I REALLY want to give this bar one star because of my utter disdain for it, but its not a horrible bar like the Star. Â Here is my rant about Jack&Dans:
This little shit hole is the most high and mighty piece of crap I've ever been to. Â "Oh, Im John Stockton's Dad, therefore I have a top ESPN bar." Â FU John Stockton's dad. Â The only reason your little bar is famous is b/c of your son. Â Now, here is where I get upset...
"We Support GU!" Â By having:
NO happy hour
NO student discounts
NO cheap food
About the only way they support students is by hiring them as bar tenders.
"We're a Top ESPN bar"
Wow, did anyone from ESPN ever come to J&Dans?  Ok, it gets a good crowd for the GU games, but really its because its the ONLY decent bar within walking distance of the Kennel.  Yes, it IS a decent bar.  But it is not ESPN top bar worthy.  The beers are ok.  Hard A is WAY overpriced for a "student friendly" bar.  $6 for a vodka cran??  Really?  Where am I, Santa Barbara?  Oh wait, no, because they only charge $2 to $3 bucks for wells in SB!  Jerks...Actually, now that I think about it, pretty much EVERY bar has at least a happy hour where they charge $2-$3 bucks on wells.  NOT $6!  Not to mention the what...like 6 tvs?  I know that may SOUND like  alot, but its not.  And they are small for a "sports" bar.
The food is really nothing special, though edible. Â I'd pass up the spaghetti and get the quesadilla. Â The quesadilla is actually the best deal in the whole joint b/c its tasty and big.
The owner told me he didn't need a happy hour b/c his beer is priced well all day. Â Well, it still isn't really cheap enough for my school loans and I don't like drinking cheap ass beer all day. Â If I want to chug Kokanee I'll go to Friday's and get $1 beers. Â Oh? Â Whats that? Â Oh yeah, its called a Happy Hour. Â Novel idea for a bar, I know.
Now before you call me debbie-downer, Yes I have had fun at this bar. Â But not b/c it was J&Dans. Â I had fun because I was drinking with my friends and there were very few creepy spokies to annoy us. Â Yes, it IS the best bar near GU, but that DOESN'T MAKE IT A GOOD BAR! Â It's over priced and over snooty for what it is.
So here is a BIG FU to GU's fav. bar! Â FU and that basketball you bounced in on.
I would actually like this place if they weren't so hypocritical and just fessed up to being an overpriced bar because they can be. Â We had a bar like that back in IV and people still enjoyed it. Â But it didn't pretend to be a student friendly bar. Â Everyone knew it was overpriced but went because it was close. Â Well, that's Jack and Dan's. Â Overpriced, but close.
Now for the reasons I didn't give it 1 star.
- The bartenders will make you a good drink and can make you yummy custom shots. Â
- They do carry a decent variety of beer for the basic beer drinker. Â Any real beer drinker will not be impressed. Â You know who you are ;)
- If you are looking to hook up with an overdressed 19yr...*cough* I mean, 21 yr old then this is your place on the weekends!
- it sadly IS the nicest bar next to GU
- If you go during the day it is a chill comfortable environment, as long as you can get over the hypocritical messages unlike me
I've never talked fondly of this place. Â My friends never understood. Â But they were also very eager to get smashed. Â Once my friend and I went just for a casual beer and she realized just how crappy and overpriced the bar was as well. Â Now she doesn't like going anymore either. Â I didn't even have to say anything on that trip.
Geez, I'm still tempted to give 1 star but I think that is just too low b/c its not the Star Bar. Â Everyone usually has all their teeth. Â In my opinion, try to go downtown or something instead.
OR! Â Even better, if you are some multi-millionaire looking for a new hobby, buy the Bull Dog across the street, clean it up a little, put in some big screen Vizios from Costco, add a happy hour, and put on some top 40 on the weekends and you should have most of J&D's business within in a week.
Although you'll usually find a loyal group of old timers in here, it's primarily a college hang out. Â I used to come here back in my single drinking days but stopped going once I hit 23. Â The crowd was a little...annoying. Â Of course, I doubt it changed...I had just gotten old and more accustomed to nice quiet bars!
The food here is pretty good...it's bar food. Â I've had a great burger and fries a few times. Â The nachos aren't bad, either. Â I kept hoping that I'd run into John Stockton but no such luck!
I once drank here with my parish priest and a few of my 8th grade classmates. Â Don't get the wrong idea --- none of us were in the 8th grade anymore (post college actually) and the only racy thing the priest did was buy a pitcher of beer (can I help it if that sets my heart aflutter?).
Being near GU, you'd think Jack & Dan's would get more of a college crowd, but I guess they go to The Bulldog instead b/c the crowd here is older (as in, my dad goes for beers here sometimes). Â Maybe it's the Gonzaga Alumni/Booster Club bar? Â It is a good place to watch a Zags game (or be a Zags fan in general). Â The bartender is always nice. Â I can't comment on the food --- I was surprised to learn they serve it (probably b/c I've only been in the "bar" part and not the "grill" part). Â I'd give it a solid 3 stars, but the booths in front by the windows bring it up to a full 4 stars. Â I like drinking in sunlight.
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